Statue of Billy Wright (detail), Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

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Statue of Billy Wright (detail), Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 7 Apr 2010

Billy Wright played made his debut as a Wolverhampton Wanderers first team player in 1939 at the age of fifteen, though because of the onset of World War II, many regular players had already been called up, so his official debut was in 1946 in an FA Cup tie against Lovells Athletic ..... (who?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovells_Athletic_F.C. He became club captain following Stan Cullis's retirement in 1948 and played until 1959, years during which Wolves had their most successful period. He played for England 105 times, and was captain for ninety of them. He managed Arsenal for a while, and married Joy Beverley (of the popular singing trio of Beverley Sisters). He died in 1994 aged seventy. The bronze statue is by James Walter Butler and was placed on the west side of Molineux Stadium in 1996.

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Image Location

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52.59005
Longitude
-2.131861